From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Aug 12 00:13:08 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id AAA15645 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:13:08 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA15635 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:13:01 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA12846; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 09:12:52 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA28425; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 09:12:51 +0200 Message-Id: <199508120712.JAA28425@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) cc: jkh@freefall.FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 950726-SNAP lp0/nfs install bug ? Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 09:12:51 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: bugs-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > As Mark Murray wrote: > > > > > Hmmm. Anyone willing to give me a little formula to calculate > > > netmask based on IP address? Then I could also fill it in.. :-) > > > > You used to be able/allowed to do this, but not any more. The nic/noc > > (I can't remember which) now gives out blocks or ranges of addresses > > to providers,... > > That's not the question. The problem in question is only providing > a _default_ netmask. How? Given an IP address these days, you cannot infer a default netmask like you used to with the class {ABC}'s. Putting in a number may be more dangerous than warning the user that it is missing. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key